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Did you miss yesterday’s installation ceremony of Barbados’ eight Governor General, Dame Sandra Mason at the Senate Chamber of Parliament? Then click here for the full gallery. For a transcript copy of Dame Sandra Mason’s installation address click here. See also: READ MORE New Independent Senator Sworn In anemptytextlline READ MORE 2018 Independence Day Honours List anemptytextlline READ MORE Young Economist …

This country’s eighth Governor-General will be sworn into office on Monday, January 8, during an installation ceremony at the Senate Chamber of Parliament, which will get under way at 4:00 p.m. Madame Justice Sandra Mason, who has been named Governor-General designate, will become Dame Sandra Mason. She replaces Sir Elliot Belgrave, who retired on July 1, 2017. The Governor-General designate …

The installation ceremony for Governor-General designate, Madame Justice Sandra Mason, will take place on Monday, January 8, from 4:00 p.m. To facilitate the ceremony, a number of traffic changes will be in effect in Bridgetown, between 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. on that day. Trafalgar Street, High Street, Wharf Road, and Broad Street from its junction with Prince William Henry Street …

Statement by The Right Honourable Freundel J. Stuart, Q.C., M.P., Prime Minister on Wednesday, December 27, 2017, on the Appointment of a Governor-General I should like to inform the country of the decision made in respect of the office of Governor-General of Barbados. The seventh holder of that office, Sir Elliott Belgrave, retired effective July 1, 2017, after five years …

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